Chapter 23: Causing a Commotion at the Zhang Estate

  "What are you doing tomorrow? Quickly put down Liu Ayi, quickly!" Wang Rong was shocked and pale when she saw this scene, and hurriedly persuaded her son. She completely ignored how her son could single-handedly lift up 200-jin-heavy Liu Ayi.

  "Let go, put down Old Lady Liu at once." The loyal followers of Old Lady Liu who were originally standing by to watch the commotion, seeing their master being pinched on the neck and lifted up, immediately expressed their loyalty one after another, as if they would start a big fight at any moment.

  "Get rid of these crawling worms, no matter if they live or die." Zhang Huaming said coldly as he saw several servants rushing towards him.

  "Yes, counselor." Wang Shi and Wang Bao responded quickly. In fact, when they entered the courtyard earlier, they had already looked down on her. If it weren't for their counselor not giving them a signal, they would have wanted to teach that Liu Ayi a lesson earlier. How dare she suspect the identities of the three of them? This was an insult to the mighty Tiger Squad.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!!" Wang Shi and Wang Bao, the two of them were indeed high-ranking martial artists with solid cultivation. Dealing with those servants who only had warrior-level cultivation was not even a challenge for them, three moves and it was all over.

  "Ah yo! Ah yo!!!" The several underlings who had come with a fierce momentum earlier were now wailing on the ground, one by one. This was already a great mercy from the two brothers Wang Shi and Liang, otherwise if they had just added a bit more force earlier, these underlings would have gone to meet Marx.

  "Adviser." Wang Shi and Wang Bao stood beside Zhang Huaming.

  "Tomorrow, you'll be in big trouble." Wang Rong's face was anxious, worried and fearful as she said: "Mei'er, quickly put down Liu Mama, hurry up and leave Zhang Fu with your two friends. Whatever punishment the master has, let me take it, go quickly."

  Zhang Huaming heard Wang Rong's heartfelt words, and his eyes unexpectedly had a hint of moisture. He suppressed the emotion in his heart and coldly stared at Liu Mama, who was holding her hand, saying: "My mother lives in the West Wing, you are just a lowly servant, how dare you order my mother to do things? What use is it to keep such an insolent and insubordinate servant?"

  "Not tomorrow!"

  "Got it!"

  Wang Rong looked at Liu's head hanging down, her complexion turned pale again, looking like she was about to collapse, probably scared.

  "Hmm!" Zhang Huaming snorted, casually tossing aside Liu's body, and smiled at Wang Rong: "Mother, don't worry, I'm really a general now. This time back is to take you to the imperial reward mansion to live, I have my own mansion."

  Wang Rong heard her son's words and a hint of confusion appeared on her face: "You really became a general?"

  "Alright!" Zhang Huaming nodded with a mixture of laughter and tears on his face.

  "So which legion are you in? Ah, I remember that you signed up for the Ferocious Tiger Legion back then. Could it be...?" Wang Rong muttered to herself until this point, and her entire body stiffened, although she was a woman, but in Xia Guo, no matter old or weak, young or old, who didn't know the prestige of the Ferocious Tiger Legion?

  "Mother, I am now the advisor of the Hu Ben team. Yesterday, His Majesty appointed me as the General of the Hu Ben team. Currently, I am temporarily residing in the mansion of General Qin, the Town National General."

  "Impossible, how can this be?" Wang Rong's face was pale and dispirited as she shook her head, swayed back and forth, and looked at her son with a gaze that seemed to be sizing him up, as if wondering whether the son in front of her was really her own.

  Zhang Huaming saw his mother, and the expression on his face was even more laughable. He beckoned to Wang Shi's two brothers who were standing aside, wanting to laugh but not daring to: "Wang brothers, I forgot to bring my waist card this time, show yours to my mother."

  "Yes, advisor!" Wang Shi took out a golden token from his own bosom and handed it to Wang Rong, saying: "Madam Zhang has asked you to take a look."

  Wang Rong took the token and saw that it was engraved with a lifelike tiger, and her hands shook as she hastily handed it to Wang Shi. She then knelt down and said: "Subject Wang..."

  "Mrs. Zhang, no!" Wang Shi was startled by Wang Rong's action and almost broke out in a cold sweat! Grandma, you are the mother of my superior! How can the mother of one's superior kneel to an inferior? If this gets out, it would be a capital offense! So when Wang Rong was about to kneel down, he quickly knelt on the ground himself and grasped Wang Rong's arms with both hands, saying: "Wang Shi pays respects to Mrs. Zhang."

  "Wang Bao pays respects to Mrs. Zhang." Wang Bao saw his second brother paying respects and followed suit.

  "What's this?" Wang Rong's face showed a puzzled expression as she looked at her own son.

  Zhang Huaming saw the gaze cast by his mother, and hastily helped her up, saying: "Mother, I've told you before, I'm now a General of the Ferocious Tiger Corps. Wang Shi and Wang Bao are my subordinates, so it's only natural for them to pay their respects to you."

  "Is my son really a general?" Wang Rong only believed what her son had just said at this moment.

  "More genuine than gold."

  "Ah, my son has grown up!" Wang Rong's face was filled with joy, but her smile didn't last for three breaths. It seemed as if she had thought of something terrifying, and a look of horror appeared on her face. "Ming Er, quickly take your two subordinates and leave! Hurry! You just killed Liu Po Po, the Liu family is extremely powerful, if they want to take revenge, your position as general will be in danger. I'm old anyway, seeing you today has already brought me joy, whatever revenge comes, let me bear it. Go quickly!" Wang Rong pushed her son's body towards the gate of the courtyard while speaking.

  Zhang Huaming was both angry and moved in his heart. He was angry that his mother would look down on him like this, the Liu family in Xia Guo was indeed very powerful, but didn't she know who the general of the Menghu Tuan was? It was Qin Xiao Tian, who was a direct descendant of the Qin family. Did the Liu family think they could just move against someone from the Qin family? They should ask if the Qin family was willing to let that happen. He was moved because his mother was always thinking about him, even if it meant sacrificing her own life.

  Wang Shi saw Zhang Hua's pleading eyes and smiled secretly in his heart. The next moment, he hastily grasped Wang Rong's arm and said: "Madam, you can rest assured that the strategist is now a general appointed by His Majesty himself. He just killed a mere servant, who would dare to do anything to him?"

  Wang Rong heard Wang Shi's words, and her originally fearful expression gradually relaxed, probably because of the token that Wang Shi had shown earlier. But before she could respond, a loud and arrogant voice entered the ears of everyone in the courtyard.

  "Ha! The general personally appointed by Your Majesty? Where is he?" A sarcastic laugh sounded, and then several men and women walked out of the courtyard, led by a woman wearing elegant silk, undoubtedly the original wife of the Zhang family's master, Liu's daughter, Liu Yingying.

  Following Liu Yingying was Zhang Tianbao, who had gone to report the incident. However, Zhang Tianbao's face at this moment was indeed swollen like a pig's head. To be joking, a slap from a Wu Zong realm cultivator is not something that can be easily endured. This was still Zhang Tianming showing mercy, otherwise, killing a Wu Zhe cultivator like Zhang Tianbao would have been as easy as swatting an ant.

  "Ah!" After Liu Yanyan entered the courtyard and swept her gaze over Wang Rong and others, when she saw the two brothers Wang Shi and Wang Bao, she slightly paused. As a daughter of the Liu family, how could she not recognize high-ranking military leaders, especially those from the First Military Unit of Xia Kingdom's fierce tiger unit? She made a slight turn in her mind, put on a smile, and slightly bowed to Wang Shi and Wang Bao: "Liu has seen the two generals of the Wang family. What wind brought you two generals to Zhang's residence today? Why didn't you inform the master of the house so that he could treat you two generals well?"

  "Someone come! Hurry up and report to the master of the house that two generals from the Wang family's Tiger Troop have arrived."

  "Mrs. Zhang, don't bother Mr. Zhang, my brother and I are just accompanying the advisor on a trip to take care of some business, we'll be leaving soon." Wang Shi saw Liu Yinying bowing and naturally returned the courtesy.

  "Adviser?" Liu Yinyin's face showed a look of surprise, her eyes directly falling on Zhang Huaming. Who made Zhang Huaming wear the same golden armor? Naturally, she immediately knew who Wang Shi meant by "adviser".

  Wang Rong, who had been nervous all along, gradually put down her fearful mindset after hearing the conversation between Wang Shi and Liu Yingying earlier, because she also saw Liu Yingying's politeness towards the Hu Ben team.

  "Daughter, look at Liu Ayi!" Zhang Tianbao pulled down on Liu Yingying's sleeve, pointing to the flower cluster in the courtyard.

  "Ah!" Liu Yingying followed her son's pointing direction and saw a figure quietly lying in the flower bushes. Her expression changed instantly, and a guard behind her quickly ran to the flower bushes, turned over Liu Mama's body, checked for a moment, and then returned to Liu Yingying's side, saying softly: "Madam, Liu Mama has no breath left."

  "What?" Liu Yanyan's expression changed again as she heard the report from her attendant, and a cold smile appeared on her face as she looked at Wang Shi: "General Wang, I respected you as a good man, but I didn't expect you to beat your servant and kill my wet nurse. Even if you are the general of the Hu Ben Tuan, I will still seek justice for this matter. Liu Shu, take down the two brothers of the Wang family and this mother-son pair."

  "Yes, ma'am." A middle-aged man standing beside Liu Yinyin quickly responded and in the next moment his body was like lightning, dashing towards Wang Shi.

  "How dare you!" King Shi saw that Liu Yinying didn't even ask what happened and directly accused him of a crime, suddenly becoming furious as well, clenching his fists and charging at the newcomer.